Our profile

The Department of Physical Metallurgy is dedicated to the structure-property correlations of metallic materials and thin films on a local and macroscopic length scale with a focus on mechanical material behaviour.

National and international research initiatives

Structural materials / mechanical properties

- Steels, Ni-, Al-alloys, Fatigue, Fracture, Microstructure

Nanocrystalline materials / Severe Plastic Deformation

– Steels, Cu-alloys, Ni-alloys

– Mechanical / magnetic properties

Thin hard coatings

– DLC, diamond

– Residual stress, adhesion, mechanical properties

Simulation / modelling

– Cohesive Zone

– FEA Microstructural modeling

In-situ and small scale mechanical testing

– borosilcate glasses

– STO

– metalls & alloys

– New testing methods